If Edmunds splits the difference — Kilpatrick's defense attorney asked for a maximum of 15 years and prosecutors are asking for a minimum of 28 — the Detroit's mayor from 2002 to 2008, now 43, faces nearly three decades in prison.

He is convicted of 24 crimes related to public corruption, including racketeering, bribery and extortion.

Prosecutors say Kilpatrick used his position to solicit bribes, extort businesses and rig contracts for his friend Bobby Ferguson.

In addition to whatever prison time he receives, prosecutors are asking that Kilpatrick be ordered to pay restitution in excess of $9 million.

He still owes nearly $850,000 on the $1 million in restitution he was ordered to pay after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice for lying about his affair with Chief of Staff Christine Beatty in 2008.